EP2112082A1 - Boîte empilable avec couplage magnétique - Google Patents

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EP2112082A1
EP2112082A1 EP08425276A EP08425276A EP2112082A1 EP 2112082 A1 EP2112082 A1 EP 2112082A1 EP 08425276 A EP08425276 A EP 08425276A EP 08425276 A EP08425276 A EP 08425276A EP 2112082 A1 EP2112082 A1 EP 2112082A1
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box
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Federico Gonella
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D25/00—Details of other kinds or types of rigid or semi-rigid containers
    • B65D25/005—Side walls formed with an aperture or a movable portion arranged to allow removal or insertion of contents
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D21/00—Nestable, stackable or joinable containers; Containers of variable capacity
    • B65D21/02—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together
    • B65D21/0209—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together stackable or joined together one-upon-the-other in the upright or upside-down position
    • B65D21/0217—Containers with a closure presenting stacking elements
    • B65D21/0223—Containers with a closure presenting stacking elements the closure and the bottom presenting local co-operating elements, e.g. projections and recesses
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
    • B65D5/42—Details of containers or of foldable or erectable container blanks
    • B65D5/64—Lids
    • B65D5/68—Telescope flanged lids
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2313/00—Connecting or fastening means
    • B65D2313/04—Connecting or fastening means of magnetic type

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  • the present invention relates to boxes, and in particular to a box provided with magnetic coupling means that allow a secure stacking of the boxes.
  • Boxes are usually stacked in order to make the best use of space, but this implies a difficulty in accessing the content of the boxes in that it is not easy to pull a box out of the stack, especially if the overlying boxes are heavy. Moreover, if you wish to maintain the same order of the boxes to avoid wasting time in the search for the right box, it is also necessary to put the box back to its position under the other boxes with a difficulty even greater than in pulling it out.
  • front-opening boxes have been devised that allow to access the content of a box without having to remove it from the stack.
  • the repeated accesses into the stacked boxes cause small shiftings of the latter which result in a misalignment and therefore in instability of the stack.
  • the only safe way is to move one or two boxes at a time, since the boxes may slide one over the other and cause the tumbling of the stack.
  • a stackable front-opening box described in WO 2006/064527 , that allows to obtain a secure stack and to access the content of a box without moving neither the latter nor the overlying boxes.
  • This is achieved by fixing the upturned box lid on the base by introducing pins with divergent legs into holes formed at corresponding positions in the base and in vertically projecting side tabs formed on the lid, the base comprising a front panel hinged thereto along a flexure line so as to grant access to the box even with the lid fixed on the base.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a box which is free from said drawbacks. This object is achieved by means of a box that includes means for magnetic coupling arranged on the lid and in the bottom panel of the base. Other advantageous features of the present box are disclosed in the dependent claims.
  • the main advantage of the box according to the present invention is that of retaining the advantages of known stackable boxes yet with a more conventional and therefore cheaper structure, that is also more readily accepted by the user.
  • Still another advantage of this box stems from the fact that it does not include elements that could risk to cause a damage to its content.
  • a box according to the present invention conventionally consists of a base 1, typically of parallelepipedal shape, that is closed at the top by a lid 2 of slightly greater size so as to be inserted onto base 1.
  • the novel aspect of the present box is the presence of magnetic coupling means to secure its base 1 to the lid of an underlying box and lid 2 to the base of an overlying box in a stack.
  • lid 2 is provided with corner reinforcements 3 of ferromagnetic material and base 1 is provided with magnets 4 arranged at the four corners of the bottom panel 1b. These magnets 4 are preferably embedded in the material of the bottom panel 1b and/or covered by a cover material.
  • the front panel 1a allows to access box 1 even when it is stacked since its height H is sufficiently lower than the height of the other side panels so that it can be rotated around a horizontal integral hinge, formed by the line joining it to the bottom panel 1b, even when lid 2 is inserted on the base.
  • the front panel 1a is preferably provided with a tab 5 located at the center of its top edge that acts as a handle for the opening, with a window 6, to check the content without having to open the box, and with a first pair of magnets 7 cooperating with a second pair of magnets 7 of opposite polarity arranged at corresponding positions on the abutment flaps 8 of base 1, to retain panel 1a in the closed position.
  • the opening of the front panel 1a could take place also by rotation around an integral hinge that is vertical rather than horizontal as in the illustrated example.
  • panel 1a would be joined along one of its vertical sides to one of the side panels rather than to the bottom panel 1b, and it would have a single locking magnet 7 arranged together with tab 5 along the side opposite to the hinge.
  • front panel is meant to indicate the panel that grants access inside the box, and said panel may be a short or long panel depending on the box shape. Moreover, nothing prevents from providing further access panels on non-adjacent sides of the box and from using locking means different from the pairs of magnets 7 with opposite polarity, such as ferromagnetic members coupling with magnets 7, press-studs, Velcro TM strips or other equivalent means.
  • the magnetic coupling means can change as to number, shape, type and arrangement as long as a correct correspondence is retained between those located in the bottom panel 1b and in lid 2.
  • the corner reinforcements 3 it is possible to arrange at the corners of lid 2 other magnets having a polarity opposite to magnets 4, as explained for the magnet pairs 7, or the magnets in lid 2 could engage members of ferromagnetic material located in the bottom panel 1b instead of magnets 4.
  • the magnetic coupling means can be located at any position in the box, not necessarily at the corners.
  • the box can take any shape (e.g. round, triangular, etc.) and it can be made in any suitable material such as plastic, metal, wood and the like.

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Cited By (7)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2011145121A1 (fr) * 2010-05-18 2011-11-24 Scatolificio Mogliani S.N.C. Di Mogliani Mauro E Andrea Boîte en carton pour un empilement stable avec d'autres modèles identiques
WO2012017222A1 (fr) * 2010-08-05 2012-02-09 Clare Lower Dispositif de stockage et de transport
ITMI20110622A1 (it) * 2011-04-13 2012-10-14 Evoluzione Srl Contenitore
USD838479S1 (en) 2015-11-24 2019-01-22 Whitmor, Inc. Window box storage unit
USD839479S1 (en) 2016-10-18 2019-01-29 Nail Alliance, Llc Cosmetic product mixing kit
FR3091266A1 (fr) * 2018-12-26 2020-07-03 Fabrice Mathieu Boîte dotée d’un dispositif pour l’ouverture sur une partie de la hauteur de ses côtés.
CN111776406A (zh) * 2020-06-23 2020-10-16 湖北京华彩印有限公司 一种多向开启包装盒

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2261648A (en) * 1991-11-20 1993-05-26 Gd Spa A multiple pack of single products, in particular of packets of cigarettes
EP0636547A2 (fr) * 1993-07-26 1995-02-01 Evoluzione S.R.L. Carton empilable à ouverture par l'avant
WO2006064527A1 (fr) 2004-12-17 2006-06-22 Evoluzione S.R.L. Boite empilable a ouverture par le devant
WO2007033723A1 (fr) * 2005-09-19 2007-03-29 Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft Auf Aktien Emballage

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2261648A (en) * 1991-11-20 1993-05-26 Gd Spa A multiple pack of single products, in particular of packets of cigarettes
EP0636547A2 (fr) * 1993-07-26 1995-02-01 Evoluzione S.R.L. Carton empilable à ouverture par l'avant
WO2006064527A1 (fr) 2004-12-17 2006-06-22 Evoluzione S.R.L. Boite empilable a ouverture par le devant
WO2007033723A1 (fr) * 2005-09-19 2007-03-29 Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft Auf Aktien Emballage

Cited By (10)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2011145121A1 (fr) * 2010-05-18 2011-11-24 Scatolificio Mogliani S.N.C. Di Mogliani Mauro E Andrea Boîte en carton pour un empilement stable avec d'autres modèles identiques
WO2012017222A1 (fr) * 2010-08-05 2012-02-09 Clare Lower Dispositif de stockage et de transport
GB2496088A (en) * 2010-08-05 2013-05-01 Clare Lower Storage and transportation device
ITMI20110622A1 (it) * 2011-04-13 2012-10-14 Evoluzione Srl Contenitore
WO2012140554A1 (fr) * 2011-04-13 2012-10-18 Evoluzione S.R.L. Récipient
USD838479S1 (en) 2015-11-24 2019-01-22 Whitmor, Inc. Window box storage unit
USD1011805S1 (en) 2015-11-24 2024-01-23 Whitmor, Inc. Window box storage unit
USD839479S1 (en) 2016-10-18 2019-01-29 Nail Alliance, Llc Cosmetic product mixing kit
FR3091266A1 (fr) * 2018-12-26 2020-07-03 Fabrice Mathieu Boîte dotée d’un dispositif pour l’ouverture sur une partie de la hauteur de ses côtés.
CN111776406A (zh) * 2020-06-23 2020-10-16 湖北京华彩印有限公司 一种多向开启包装盒

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